Human Rights in the Future of Emerging Virtual States
Imagine a futuristic society, where everything is digitalized. Not just work, but meeting friends, traveling, and even the state we live in is now online. Now people are having heated discussions on whether to have their consciousness uploaded onto a cloud service they prefer. Now then, how would statehoods be formed, and who can we define as ‘human’? What changes and challenges would human rights face? As the possibility of more pandemics to come, under the extreme change of climates, this essay ponders over the idea of a fully digitalized future, and a few matters of human rights we need to consider.
The “war on drugs” campaign of Rodrigo Duterte
The “war on drugs” campaign of Rodrigo Duterte and appropriate transitional justice to meet the investigation of the crimes Author: Jenny Brömel This is Jennilyn Olayres holding her partner Michael Siaron, 30. He was “a pedicab driver, who was shot dead and killed by unidentified riding in tandem suspects” (Lerma, 2016) in the streets of […]
¿POR QUÉ LOS ESTADOS CONMEMORAN GUERRAS PASADAS?
Why do states commemorate past wars? Argentina and the United Kingdom commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War (1982) Author: Juan F. Dávila y Verdin, FRSA Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González The commemorations and remembrance of past wars in Occident have been part of the rituals carried by the ancient civilizations. Evidence […]
Un Análisis Sobre el Narcotráfico y su Influencia en el Afganistán Ocupado por los Talibanes
An analysis on the Narco-Trade and its influence on Taliban-occupied Afghanistan Author: Arkadeep Pal Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Here’s an undisputed fact, – the 20-year USA-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan can be chalked up in the list of several monumental foreign policy catastrophes by the Western Bloc. As it currently stands, the […]
Historia política de Centroamérica: una lucha incesante
Historia política de Centroamérica: una lucha incesante Autor: José Alberto Umaña Salguero Los países centroamericanos se caracterizan por ser los que menos extensión territorial poseen en el continente americano, y a su vez, por haber recorrido un pasado colonial común. Belice, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá compartieron historia como parte del […]
Peace and World History: A Historiographic Review
Peace and World History: A Historiographic Review Author: Ross Ryan Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Works reviewed: Adolf, Antony. Peace: A World History. Hoboken: Polity Press, 2009. Cortright, David. Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Gregor, Thomas. A Natural History of Peace. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1997. […]
Un análisis de la Guerra Fría entre Arabia Saudita e Irán
Este artículo de investigación presentará un trasfondo histórico y las perspectivas de ambos estados-nación involucrados en el conflicto; además, el investigador analizará el conflicto religioso entre los dos estados y sus roles en el conflicto alrededor del Golfo Pérsico y, finalmente, tratará de establecer si el conflicto entre las dos potencias islámicas hegemónicas equivale a una guerra fría.
An open letter to those who believe in just war against ISIS.
An open letter to those who believe in just war against ISIS. Author: Alex Powell Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 12/08/2015 You might agree that it isn’t just to destroy the confused and so understand the notion of Jihad or Just War to be invalidated but doubt the wisdom of this […]
Palestinian Suicide Bombers Revisited
A fundamental question has dominated the study of terrorism and suicide attacks. After the September 11 attacks, scholars have primarily relied on themes from neoclassical economics to develop theoretical and empirical models of terrorism. Suicide attackers and terrorist were seen as optimizing agents. But this innovative approach failed to deliver and obscured more than it illuminated. It failed to yield meaningful predictions and practical policy implications. This paper considers the merits of this approach and surveys evidence gathered from the biographical sketches of 50 Palestinian suicide attackers.
Oily Iraq
The elections in Iraq were widely hailed as a tentative success in an otherwise disastrous situation. But considering the history of foreign intervention in the Middle East when it comes to oil interests, perhaps this silver cloud has a dark lining.